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fly on the wall…

… the plasterers are in, finishing off the walls, patching them up, priming and painting faster than I ever could do by myself. They let me have a go at plastering one day, and quickly went back over my attempt, smoothing my fumbling, lumpy strokes…

… this week they should bring the sanding machines in and start work on the floors too… things are moving, but there is still so much to do and I hope to move mid-September!

… we need to work out whether we can remove the radiators to fix the walls behind them (and probably paint them while we have them out) and I hope an electrician will come and sort out the random cables the other electricians (who are now on holiday) left behind, television, telephone and doorbells, inter-phones and who knows what!

… somehow searching for not too ugly doorbells, I ended up looking at fire alarms… it is early days yet, I don’t have a finished ceiling to attach one to, but I think I am decided, when I do have to buy my fire alarm, this is the one I am going to get, by Jalo Helsinki…

Thank you! And fingers crossed for Wednesday… new starts and new places are equal parts terrifying and exciting. This time I am only moving 15 minutes away, so only the walls will change, not everything else!

moving forward is always good, this move is the first one of many steps forward for me too…
I have learnt over the years and many many moves that getting friends to help with moves is never a good idea! I prefer to pull my belt in, fork out and get a professional team in. They can do in a matter of hours what would take friends and I at least a long day, much sweat and often tears! I will never forget the experience of a friend and I wrestling a sofa out of a tiny window in one flat in Lisbon, on to a busy road with narrow pavements and many buses passing. We lowered it 3/4 way down with ropes, I ran down to receive it and had just settled it on the pavement when a team of workmen walked by and offered to help… minutes too late!